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	NASA Destination Tomorrow - DT15 - Aerobraking - NASA LaRC Office of Education NASA Destination Tomorrow Segment exploring the function of aerobraking and how this helps reduce costs and create more room in aircraft. Keywords: NASA Destination Tomorrow; Aerobraking; Spacecraft; Air Travel; Space Shuttle; Gravitational Field; Earth; Thrusters; Accelerate; Decelerate; Science Instruments; Atmospheric Drag; Fuel Efficient; Planet; Aerospace Engineer; Eliptical Orbit; Magellan; Venus; Mars; Global Surveyor; Oddessy; Aerocapture; Aeroshell Downloads: 152
	MIT 16.346 Astrodynamics, Fall 2008 - MIT OpenCourseWare This course covers the fundamentals of astrodynamics, focusing on the two-body orbital initial-value and boundary-value problems with applications to space vehicle navigation and guidance for lunar and planetary missions, including both powered flight and midcourse maneuvers. Other topics include celestial mechanics, Kepler's problem, Lambert's problem, orbit determination, multi-body methods, mission planning, and recursive algorithms for space navigation... Keywords: space navigation; two body problem; boundary value problem; Kepler; astrodynamics; orbital transfer; satellite; hyperbolic orbits; planetary flybys; hypergeometric functions; flight guidance; three body problem; Clohessy-Wiltshire equation; Hodograph plane; Battin-vaughan formulation; atmospheric drag; disturbing function Downloads: 3,165
	NASA Destination Tomorrow - Episode 15 - NASA LaRC Office of Education NASA Destination Tomorrow Video containing three segments as described below. NASA Destination Tomorrow Segment exploring the function of aerobraking and how this helps reduce costs and create more room in aircraft. NASA Destination Tomorrow Segment exploring new materials technology development and how it has revolutionized the world of science and technology. NASA Destination Tomorrow Segment exploring a newly discovered moon called Titan that revolves around the planet Saturn. Keywords: NASA Destination Tomorrow; Aerobraking; Spacecraft; Air Travel; Space Shuttle; Gravitational Field; Earth; Thrusters; Accelerate; Decelerate; Science Instruments; Atmospheric Drag; Fuel Efficient; Planet; Aerospace Engineer; Eliptical Orbit; Magellan; Venus; Mars; Global Surveyor; Oddessy; Aerocapture; Aeroshell; New Materials; Composite; Kevlar; Steel; Strong; Bullet Proof; Puncture Proof; Protective Clothing; Lightweight; Synthetic; Structures; Chemistry; High Performance; Electrical Conductivity; Armor; Glass Fiber; Flexible; Polymer; Fabrication; Molecules; Astronauts; International Space Station; Radiation; Meteorites; Aluminum; Carbon Nanotubes; Self-healing Matrix; Saturn; Titan; Moon; Nitrogen; Chemicals; Life Building Blocks; Universe Hotspots; Celestial Bodies; Solar System; Raw Materials; Probe; Prebiotic; Dense; Methane; Organic Molecules; Weather; Clouds; Rain; Ice; Energy Source; Data; Gases Downloads: 359